Posted on 05/09/2019 2:59:44 AM PDT by knighthawk
After a decade without a pay raise, a handful of House members are considering accepting an annual automatic wage hike, but most lawmakers are worried about the politics of looking out of touch with voters not making six figures.
“It would be as popular as the plague," Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., said. "It would show kind of a disconnect with the people."
This year's estimated pay hike of around $4,000 is part of a 1989 reform measure that stipulated Congress members would shun outside speaking engagements in favor of a large pay hike and the annual pay increase – based on inflation. It was supported at the time by then Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
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All in favor said I?
and so they pass an increase in late November 2020.
the long lived 27th Amendment.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) to the United States Constitution prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. The amendment is the most recent to be adopted, but one of the first proposed.
No raise
Screw them!
Well...bye.
The people would be better off without any of them.....
More loot could help Cortez score a new garbage disposal. The current one seems to be faulty.
Pay them five million a year and force them to personally fund their own campaigns. In the long run, we would all save money. :)
Pay them adequately but. ..
That does not mean that they should be exempted from the laws they write nor should they have special access to healthcare, and they certainly should not be financially rewarded for hanging onto office term after term.
Require them to apply all laws themselves, forbid them special healthcare, reduce their pensions and salaries by 5 % for every year they serve.
More like, "Me! Me me me memememeeeeee!"
A raise? Most of ‘em should be fired, and some should be in the pokey.
Make. Our. Day.
Since they are going after Trump’s tax returns, I think the public should have all of their tax returns.
The Demonicrats should be tried, convicted and left to rot off a noose.
She would also be able to buy more dirt that she could put into the disposal. Then see if magical things grow from it.
How about having each state pay for their own representatives and senators? That is what the founding fathers intended.
Good grief. First they don’t only get 175,000. They get additional money for every committee they are on and whatever else they can think of. Oh, and when they leave the committee, the pay does not go down. It’s a racket.
My Congresscritter still donates the old pay raise to charity. You rock, Bill Posey!
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